Economists had estimated that the final consumer sentiment index
was 92.5, up a bit from the preliminary print of 92.1.

The Survey of Consumers' Richard Curtin said in the report,
"The entire October rebound from September was due to gains
in confidence among lower income households, while confidence
among households with incomes in the top third of the income
distribution retreated a bit due to concerns about financial
markets. Nonetheless, the overall impact from volatile stock
prices has been quite small."

According to last month's report, which beat expectations,
consumers shrugged off the recent market volatility as having
more to do with international weakness than the domestic economy.

Curtin said consumers were more optimistic about their financial
prospects in October than at anytime since 2007. And, long-term
inflation expectations dropped to the lowest level in at least 25
years.